Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Dr. Devon Kerins is interested in how climate and land-use change influence terrestrial-aquatic carbon cycling and water quality. Their research employs data-driven and reactive transport models to investigate the interactions between water flow, biogeochemical processes, watershed structure, and external forcings. By studying these interactions, Devon aims to determine how climate and human perturbations impact and alter Earth’s water resources. At Brown University, they will work with Dr. Dan Ibarra to explore how urbanization, in comparison to less human-impacted areas, alters catchment hydro-biogeochemical functioning and drives changes in water and carbon fluxes to streams.

Prior to Brown, Devon earned a B.Sc. and M.Sc.Eng. in Civil Engineering from Montana State University and Galway University, respectively. After three years as a Civil Engineering Consultant in Ireland, they returned to graduate school to complete a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Biogeochemistry at The Pennsylvania State University.